Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 January 2004 | ||
Place of birth | Hof, Germany | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back, wing-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
LASK (on loan from RB Leipzig) | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
VfB Moschendorf | |||
–2016 | Bayern Hof | ||
2016–2022 | RB Leipzig | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | RB Leipzig | 1 | (0) |
2023– | → LASK (loan) | 6 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2022 | Germany U18 | 4 | (0) |
2022– | Germany U19 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:18, 5 November 2022 (UTC) |
Sanoussy Ba (born 5 January 2004) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left-back and wing-back for Austrian Bundesliga club LASK, on loan from RB Leipzig.[2]
Sanoussy Ba was born in Hof, Bavaria, where he started playing football with VfB Moschendorf,[3] before joining the town's main club, SpVgg Bayern Hof.[4]
Sanoussy Ba joined RB Leipzig in 2016,[5][6] where he entered the first team on the summer 2022.[3][5][7] During the pre-season, he played the friendly against Klopp's Liverpool.[4][8]
Ba made his professional debut for RB Leipzig on the 30 August 2022, replacing Mohamed Simakan at the hour mark of a 8–0 away Cup win to FC Teutonia Ottensen.[6][9][10][11] He became a regular feature in the match-day squad, both in Bundesliga, and in the Champions League, figuring on the bench during the 2–0 away win against Celtic FC.[12]
Born in Germany, Ba is of Senegalese descent.[13] He is a youth international for Germany, having started playing with the under-18s in the late summer 2021.[5][14]
An ambidextrous footballer,[5] Sanoussy Ba is able to play both as a full-back or higher, as a wing-back even an offensive winger, always on the left side.[7]
RB Leipzig